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Home town honour for hero

War hero Colin Grazier could be celebrated with a sculpture in his home town of Tamworth.

Such a move would be the culmination of the Tamworth herald’s long-running campaign to secure his place in history.

Grazier was one of three men involved in an operation to retrieve secret Enigma codes from a German U-boat during the Second World War. He died along with shipmate Tony Fasson, but not before the codes were passed onto his crew in a move which is said to have shortened the length of the war.

The planned sculpture consists of three anchors held in place by a genuine anchor chain.

A separate brass plaque will tell the story of the men’s bravery.

It would be the final part in an award-winning Herald campaign that has raised almost £17,000 to honour the men whose heroics remained unknown for decades because of the Official Secrets Act.

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